又grammar point · tier 1 · 又 recurrence — it happened once more (realized repetition)
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adv — marks an event as a repeat of one that already happened; placed before the verb.
字源 FORM what the parts do
又 is a right hand drawn whole — three fingers and a wrist. The hand's own senses left for 右 and 有; the bare graph stayed on for again. Set before the verb, it tags the action as a return of one already seen.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
A door already swung shut once; now the same hand pushes it open a second time. The earlier opening is done, and this push repeats it.
字源自撰記憶法
框 · Frame
[subj] 又 [verb (+ 了)]
觸 · Trigger
Something just happened that has happened before, and you mark this as the repeat.
序 · The move
1confirm the event is a return of one already realized, not one still plannedhas it actually happened this time? If still intended, reach for 再 instead.
2drop 又 in front of the verbis 又 before the verb, never after it?
3let 了 close the realized action where it fitsdoes the sentence read as a completed recurrence?
例 · Examples
1他he又again (a repeat of what already happened)忘了forgot寫功課do homework。
又 marks a repeat that has already happened (he forgot again); 再 marks a repeat not yet done (do it once more). 又 looks back at a realized event; 再 looks ahead to an intended one.